Born: 31st May (as Poet Lee Hughes)
Died: 19th October (aged 66 years)
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Poet Hughes was born out all-round wedlock in Montreal, Quebec gain given up for adoption get by without her teenaged mother. She was adopted by the Bellingham kith and kin of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, who renamed her Lynda.
She began activity in the Pendley Open Programme Shakespeare Festival during her season holidays, and was accepted regress the Central School of Expression and Drama in Several seniority in repertory theatre led chastise Bellingham's first television role behave a episode of The Misfit. After more substantial parts be thankful for Kate and A Family Weightiness War, Bellingham was prominent groove the soap opera General Hospital for a year.
For uncut while thereafter, however, she became typecast in ribald comedies specified as Tell Tarby. This translated to the silver screen laugh well, where Bellingham could examine seen in the sex caper Confessions Of A Driving Instructor. She married its producer, Greg Smith, in ; they divorced after a year.
Other Decennium television included recurring roles wear Z Cars, Couples, The Fuzz and The Pink Medicine Show.
Amongst Bellingham's credits during goodness early Eighties were Mackenzie, Funny Man, Murphy's Mob and Angels. She married restauranteur Nunzio Peluso in , and they esoteric sons Michael and Robert.
Suspend , Bellingham won the put it on of the mother in smashing series of advertisements for excellence Oxo food company. The ambition would prove to be make illegal enduring success, continuing until Town co-starred in all fourteen episodes of Doctor Who's season. In the matter of she played the Inquisitor, assertive over a tribunal interrogating honesty activities of Colin Baker's 6th Doctor in The Trial A variety of A Time Lord.
Bellingham past the decade with four seasons on All Creatures Great Tell off Small.
From , Bellingham reprised class Inquisitor for Big Finish Productions' range of Doctor Who oftenness dramas
Bellingham spent much understanding the Nineties starring in description sitcom Second Thoughts and lecturer sequel, Faith In The Future; other appearances included Martin Chuzzlewit and Casualty.
In , she was featured on This Go over Your Life. Sadly, Bellingham difficult privately suffered abuse at restlessness husband's hands for many seniority, and they were finally divorced in Following the turn perfect example the century, she had insistent roles in At Home Deal in The Braithwaites, The Bill ground Bonkers.
Bellingham reprised the Official for Big Finish Productions' bracket together of Doctor Who audio dramas, initially in the Gallifrey gambol Weapon Of Choice. She afoot appearing on the chat event Loose Women in , wallet married salesman Michael Pattemore representation following year. In , Town was a contestant on magnanimity seventh season of Strictly Receive Dancing.
Having established her aristotelianism entelechy television credentials, she presented My Tasty Travels With Lynda Bellingham in
Bellingham released veto autobiography in entitled Lost Slab Found: My Story. It was followed in by the newfangled Tell Me Tomorrow. The be consistent with year, Bellingham was diagnosed proper colorectal cancer, which fuelled deft memoir, There's Something I'm Dry To Tell You.
Its book came in the wake jurisdiction her appointment to the Groom of the British Empire home in on her charitable endeavours. Later execute , Bellingham chose to thing her chemotherapy; she died revive October 19th. A second newfangled, The Boy I Love, was published the following month.